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Yangiariq

town in Uzbekistan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ4022504
Source-derived summary

Yangiariq (Uzbek: Yangiariq, Янгиариқ, ینگی اریق; Russian: Янгиарык, Jangiaryk) is an urban-type settlement and seat of Yangiariq District in Xorazm Region in Uzbekistan. Its population was 8,824 people in 1989, and 12,200 in 2016.

Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali Complex, a mausoleum nominated for World Heritage status in 1996, is located 5 km southwest of the village.

Editorial summary

“Yangiariq” enters the record as town in Uzbekistan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Yangiariq, town and Uzbekistan can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 2016, 1996—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Yangiariq, town and Uzbekistan.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Yangiariq” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Yangiariq, town and Uzbekistan provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4022504. Authority coordinates are 41.363, 60.608. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989, 2016 and 1996.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Yangiariq”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Yangiariq primary sources, Yangiariq archive and Yangiariq research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Yangiariq”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Yangiariq” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.